Samsung Galaxy Note 8 News & Update: Korean Tech Giant To Release Note 8 Next Year Despite Galaxy Note 7 Fiasco

In spite of the fiasco involving Samsung for its Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Korean Tech giant announced that Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will be released next year. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is expected to be a far departure from its controversial predecessor, the Galaxy Note 7.

According to TechRadar, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 together with Samsung S8 are both prepped to be launched next year, 2017 as announced by Samsung. Samsung said it will continue to use the name "Note" despite the fact that the name is now synonymous to recalls and battery explosions.

Samsung is releasing Samsung Galaxy Note 8 as part of its "Galaxy Upgrade Program". This program intends to let former users and owners of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to have it replaced for an S7 or S7 Edge or Samsung Galaxy Note 8 or Samsung S8 next year if customers are able to wait. The "Galaxy Upgrade Program" however, is only limited to Samsung users in South Korea.

There is still no news if such upgrade plan will reach UK or US or other parts of the globe. Samsung reported that the availability of the program depends on the situation for each country.

To add, CNET the production of Samsung Note 7 is permanently discontinued and Samsung was forced to issue and release two separate recalls for the phones which are known to catch fire and burn customers. The cause of Samsung Note 7's burning and catching fire is still currently unknown.

The plan on releasing Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is underway. The recent experience Samsung encountered on the release of its Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has in more ways than one, destroyed its image worldwide.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is reported to have state-of-the-art features and battery performance that will not be in any way similar to the ones used with Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Samsung users may stay away from user another smartphone by the company or may still be excited for the release of Samsung Galaxy Note 8.